Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the qualities of a crab.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having the qualities of a crab; crablike.
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- adjective rare Of, or pertaining to
crabs
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pavonine commented on the word cancrine
1. reading the same backwards as forwards: a cancrine line. Cf. palindrome.
2.rare) Of, or pertaining to crabs
December 17, 2007
sarra commented on the word cancrine
Latin cancrīnus, from cancer, crab. See, for a musical application, cancrizans.
December 17, 2007
jmjarmstrong commented on the word cancrine
JM contemplates, cancrine, contemplates JM.
June 22, 2009